Bananas!

Austin has been growing and doing very well from only having breastmilk so far, so we have not been in any rush to start him on solids yet.  Well, tonight he got very excited when I was eating a banana & tried to grab it from me, so I decided to give him some.  He loved it!!

Austin's Fifth Month

Wow, this little man is growing so fast!!  The rate of his development is really amazing to see, it seems like he is doing something new everyday!  Austin has really mastered tummy time this past month and now enjoys playing on his tummy (which he used to absolutely hate!).  He has also started to turn himself to another direction while on his tummy and kicks his legs very hard to try to move around.  He has been able to roll onto his side from his back, though not all the way over to his tummy yet.  Austin's favorite game  now is peek-a-boo and he just giggles away at it!!  I love his laugh so much!  He continues to be quite a talker, he jabbers nonstop in his crib before he falls asleep and cracks himself up while he's in there, it's pretty amusing to watch (one of the awesome benefits of a video monitor!).  While Austin is extremely talkative around us he often becomes silent around other people and is very much an observer, taking in everything around him.  It is really fun to see his little personality emerging with both very playful and very serious sides to it!  He has been developing his fine motor coordination.  We leave two pacifiers in his crib tha he recently discovered.  They were originally out of his reach, though he was able to scoot himself over just enough to reach them.  Now he loves to grab them and play with them; he will try putting all different sides in his mouth and is able to find and grab it when it falls above his head.  One of the new things we've been working on this past month has been teaching him to drink water from a glass and also through a straw.  He has started to get the hang of it and is able to actually swallow instead of letting it drip all over!  Austin and I have also joined a playgroup this past month and he has been enjoying playing with other babies.  We hosted a Valentine's themed playdate at our place and the babies were able to fingerpaint for the first time!  Austin wasn't sure what to think when I put his hand in it at first, though he seemed to have fun.  It is so exciting to see what each new month brings!

 

Peek-a-boo!!

"Playing" in the snow!

A few weeks ago we woke up to about 2 inches of snow and I wanted to make sure Austin had the chance to experience it before it melted! :)

19 Weeks

Was inspired by a layout I saw like this on Pinterest and thought it was a cool idea! :)

 

Got milk?

This little guy cracks me up!!  Yesterday Austin was in the same room where I was pumping and he was playing with a toy while I talked to him.  Byron came in the room and started teasing Austin, saying that the pump was getting all the milk and it was going to be gone.  Austin looked very concerned and upset while Byron was telling him this.  I then told Austin that the milk really was going to be for him and he would just be getting it from a bottle.  Well that kid turned back to Byron with such a completely smug and satisfied face, we both just about died laughing!!  It is amazing (and slightly scary!) how much he is able to understand us.

Videos!

I have definitely been a bit behind with posting videos on here!  I take them on my phone and unfortunately am not able to post directly from there, so I am finally getting around to downloading them on the computer and now posting....

All dressed up for Halloween:

Playing with a rattle on 11/3/12:

Meeting his PraBaka (great-grandmother) for the first time:

 

Playing on his activity mat (11/30/12):

 

 

His cousin, Danny, reading him a story:

 

 

His cousin, Claudia, singing to him (he was SO excited!!):

 

 

 

Playing with his mobile in his crib for the first time (12/12/12):

 

 

Christmas morning:

 

 

 

Talking up a storm! (1/7/13):